Edmonton: Dale Coyne Racing race report

Arduous Day North of the Boarder for Dale Coyne Racing
EDMONTON, Alb. - (July 26, 2007) - Bruno Junqueira, who started a
season-best seventh, appeared headed for a sixth-place finish with
four laps remaining in the Rexall Edmonton Indy race ...

Arduous Day North of the Boarder for Dale Coyne Racing

EDMONTON, Alb. - (July 26, 2007) - Bruno Junqueira, who started a
season-best seventh, appeared headed for a sixth-place finish with
four laps remaining in the Rexall Edmonton Indy race Saturday
afternoon.

However, that scenario did not play out because a sensor malfunctioned
on Junqueira's No. 18 Z-Line Designs car, locking the car permanently
into sixth gear. Since the eight-year open wheel veteran could not
shift gears the last four laps of the race, he settled on a 14th place
finish instead.

"Wow, what a weekend!" said Junqueira. "I knew we would be really
competitive here, but with damaging the car on Thursday, the guys
working all night to build me a new car and then the problems at the
end of the race all I can say is I wish we could do this weekend all
over."

Junqueira was fast all weekend even after his chassis sustained a crack
in the tub during practice Thursday afternoon. The Dale Coyne Racing
crew stayed until 5:00 a.m. preparing the back-up car.

Mario Moraes's day did not start like he planned it too as the No. 19
Sonny's Bar-B-Q car suffered a broken rear toe-link at the start of
the race when Graham Rahal tried to make a questionable pass on
Moraes. Rahal's front tire made contact with Moraes's rear tire and
shuffling the 19-year-old rookie to the back after starting the race a
season-best 10th.

The crew took the car behind the wall to make the necessary repairs and
promptly got Moraes back into the race and a 20th place finish.

"It was a bit of a frustrating day because we had a podium-finishing
car today," said Moraes. "Graham tried to over take me and made
contact with my rear tire and in the process broke my rear toe-link.
The Sonny's Bar-B-Q crew did a great job fixing the problem and
getting me back into the race."